Ravinder Maini
Ravinder Nath Maini | |
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 Sir Ravinder N. Maini in Budapest, 2013. | |
| Born | 17 November 1937 |
| Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
| Known for | discovery of anti-TNF therapy as an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis |
| Awards | Crafoord Prize (2000) Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research (2003) Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research (2008) Gairdner Foundation International Award (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunology |
| Institutions | Imperial College School of Medicine |
Sir Ravinder Nath Maini FMedSci (born 17 November 1937) is rheumatology professor at the Kennedy Institute, part of Imperial College London.
Biography
Maini was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, British India. His father was the Kenyan born lawyer and Ugandan politician Sir Amar Maini.[1] He completed his bachelor's degree at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. In the 1980s Maini and colleague Marc Feldmann identified TNF alpha as a key cytokine in the process of rheumatoid arthritis.
Honours and awards
- 2000 Maini was awarded the Crafoord Prize.[2]
- 2003 He was knighted for his work
- 2003 He received the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research.[3]
- 2004 Fothergillian prize from the London Medical Society [4]
- 2007 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society [5]
- 2008 He was awarded the Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research together with Marc Feldmann.[6][7]
- 2010 Ernst Schering Prize from the German Schering Foundation together with Marc Feldmann.[8]
He is a honorary member of the British Society for Immunology.[9]
References
- ^ https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/26f5/6b045baaec701debaa1829ba00bce8da44b1.pdf
- ^ The Crafoord Prize 2000
- ^ The Lasker Prize
- ^ http://f1000.com/prime/thefaculty/member/1135712876368761?referrer=GOOGLE
- ^ "Ravinder Maini-Biography". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research - Winners
- ^ Professors Marc Feldmann and Sir Ravinder Maini Named Winners of the 2008 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research Archived 2010-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.scheringstiftung.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=38&Itemid=28&lang=de
- ^ https://www.immunology.org/about-us/our-people/our-members/honorary-members
External links
- Emeritus Professor Sir Ravinder Maini
- Sir Ravinder Maini's biography on Faculty of 1000
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